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Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations, 2002 · As enacted · Part VII
Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations, 2002 · As enacted · Part VII
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A shipping company shall, for the purpose of preventing fatigue -
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{a} establish and enforce rest periods for watchkeeping personnel;
(b} require that watch systems are so arranged that the efficiency of all watchkeeping personnel is not impaired by fatigue and that duties are so organised that the first watch at the commencement of a voyage and subsequent relieving watches are sufficiently rested and otherwise .fi.t for duty; and
comply with the requirements of rest periods as set out in section
A-VIII/1 of the STCW Code and display watch schedules on board their ships where they are easily accessible.
Watchkeeping arrangements and principles to be observed.